Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173NE NEW ROAD
930-1/6/167 (East side)
22/06/78 Railway Viaduct

II*

Railway viaduct. Opened 1841. Mainly by Isambard Kingdom
Brunel, widened later. Limestone ashlar to the north side,
English-bond brick to the south with a stepped ashlar cornice
and parapet to both facades including the piers. Vermiculated
rustication to the plinth.
3 semicircular-arched openings to the original structure; the
north facade has a tall central road arch with a keystone
reaching to the parapet, flanked by lower narrower arches to
the footpath. To the east a thick coped retaining wall to the
embankment ramps up from a square pier at street level to meet
a curved pier at the cornice. A similar pier to the west end
is connected to another later brick arcade of 5 full-height
arches with a lower one to the west making 9 arches in all.
The brick south side is similar but plain. The pier to the
east end curves forward to meet a simlar embankment retaining
wall.
The arches to the west enclose huge vaulted spaces, 2 with
rows of harnessing rings to each side, one with an axial
division of rubblestone.
HISTORY: a lithograph of 1842 shows the north facade as having
a classical cornice, the present one may be later. One of the
notable monuments on Brunel's main line of the Great Western
Railway.
(Chamberlain, Joseph A: Chippenham: Chippenham: 1976-: 3).

Listing NGR: ST9181573588

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544310

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)